Had to pick between poultry netting and chicken wire for my garden beds

I was trying to keep the squirrels out of my cutting flower bed last spring after they dug up half my tulip bulbs. I ended up going with poultry netting because it was cheaper at $15 for a 50 foot roll at the local hardware store. The 1 inch holes worked great for keeping critters out, but I didn't think about how much of a pain it is to work with. It snagged on everything and took me like 3 hours to get it staked down around my zinnias and dahlias. Has anyone else tried both and found one easier to manage?

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drew5517d ago

honestly i used to swear by chicken wire for everything but after trying poultry netting one time i totally get why people complain about it snagging. the smaller holes do a better job stoping squirrels but man it fights you the whole way. still think im sticking with it for the flowers though since the critters haven't gotten through yet.

murphy.abby17d ago

Got the poultry netting tangled around my boot and faceplanted into a row of marigolds.

the_max17d ago

Marigolds? You faceplanted into marigolds? I can just picture the netting tripping you up and you going down right into a bed of flowers. Did any of them survive the impact? That's the kind of gardening accident that makes you sit in the dirt for a minute just staring at the sky wondering how you got there. I would have just laid there for a good five minutes before even trying to untangle myself.